INNISFAIL - In response to increased costs, the Chinook’s Edge School Division's (CESD) board of trustees has approved a number of fee increases which will take effect in September.
The approval came during the regularly scheduled April 8 board meeting, held at the division’s headquarters in Innisfail.
The board approved the following school fee increases:
• $50 increase per student, for students requiring transportation to school and who do not receive full provincial funding due to the distance from their home to school. The fee for partially funded students (one kilometre away from the school in K-6, and two kilometres for 7-12) will be $250. Students who don’t qualify for provincial funding will pay a total fee of $550. An early registration discount is available for partially funded students.
• The per credit fee for Career and Technology Studies classes will go up by $1 per credit to $12 per credit.
• The fee for construction, fabrication and mechanics, prorated for five credits, will increase by $40 to a total fee of $120.
• The fee for a five-credit foods class will be $80.
In other news from Tuesday’s board meeting, “trustees voted to write a letter that will go to Alberta Children and Family Services Minister Searle Turton, asking for improved collaboration and information sharing with Family Resource Networks.
“The board will be signatory on the Alberta Medical Association letter, from pediatricians, requesting the reinstatement of full program unit funded funding for pre-school aged children who need supports.
There are 11,700-students in CESD.
